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1921.91.452.1

Bifacially worked ovate handaxe. The flint has a well developed patina, on one face a dark orangish brown colour and on the reverse a light orangish brown colour. [MN 10/08/2009]

1921.91.452.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bifacially worked ovate handaxe. The flint has a well developed patina, on one face a dark orangish brown colour and on the reverse a light orangish brown colour. [MN 10/08/2009]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Suffolk Forrest Heath Barton Mills Warren Hill Gravel Pit
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Palaeolithic
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 21 mm, Width: max 72 mm, Length: max 94 mm, Weight 153 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.91.452.1
Research and responses

Warren Hill Gravel Pit [TL 732 742] is located in the civil parish of Barton Mills, district of Forrest Heath. [MN 05/06/2009]

Warren Hill gravel pit is recorded on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument number 380137. This record can be accessed online at http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=380137. [MN 05/06/2009]

Search terms: Tool, Hand-axe

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